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VOLUME IX.-_NUMBER 2070 CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 18^2._EIGHT DOLL4HS A YEAR.
COUNT MOITKE'S STO?T.
JUE GREAT SOLDIER'S STSTORY OE
THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR.
What He Thinks of tile French Sol?
dicrs-Kvlls In the French Army-Na- I
poleon's Plan of Campaign-The Part
the French Navy Wai to Play-Differ?
ence In the Numerical Strength of the
Two Armies-Germany Thoroughly
Pre par? cl-Kr a nee Unprepared and I
Her Army Disorganized.
[Corr.spondenceor Hie New York Herald.]
BERLIN, August 25.
It was announced several months ago that
the historical division of the German chief of
(taff would publish an account ol' the Franco
German war. As this account might fairly be
presumed to contain the views of Count
Moltke and the other most distinguished
chiefs "pf the German army, its appearanee
was naturally looked forward lo with consid?
erable Interest. The .Irst instalment of the
work baa Just been published, and I hasten to i
giveyour readers a general outline of what it
contains.
THE PRESENT VOLUME
deaja only with the eveols in the month of |
July? 1870. It opens with an Introduction,
giving au account of the origin of the war
from, ol course, the German point of view.
On this subject the volume says nothing very
new. This paragraph, however, is worthy of
attention: '"In the country, Indeed, opinion
is said to have been unreservedly for the war
In sixteen, against the war lu thirty-four de?
partments, while In thirty-seven departments
opinions were divided. But In France the
word ls of as much Importance as the deed.
People congratulate each other on the ground
of a speech, and au animated address which
appeals to the glory ot the nailon is able to
drag away even reasonable men to the ex?
tremest resolutions. With the centralization
which exists the provinces follow helplessly
i he impulse to war as well as to revolution,
which leslies from the capital. Napoleon III
appears to bave played in the whole affaira
?asslve, one might almost say a witless part."
bis ls a remarkable admission, when we re?
member how passionately it was contended
that the war against Germany was emphati?
cally a war of all France and not of a dynasty
oro! politicians.
THE FRENCH ARMY.
The second chapter of the volume deals with
"The French Army: Its Plan of Operation and
March Forward, 15th to the 31st July." It sets
down the number of men whom France could
bring into the field on the 1st of August as 336,
OOO. lt states ihivt France's supply of arms
was excellent, both as regards quantity and
quality. The Chassepot lt speaks of as "an
excellent weapon, of long range." The artil?
lery was also well supplied with ammunition.
But when we come to consider the reserve
army we find everything In confusion for such
an army. There were neither weapons nor
clothes nor ammunition; lis artillery and Its;
cavalry bad In almost every respect to be
created out of the new."
"THE FIELD ARMY,"
continues the volume, "could thus alone be
counted upon, and this was not specially fit?
ted by Its organization for a rapid change
from a peace to a war fooling. * * * The
military administration was centralized to the i
lasfjpolnt, and was thus, as well as by Its bav-1
lng the duty ol attending to courts-martial,
overburdened with work. Army corps and
divisions bad co commissariat in peace.
* * . In consequence of this the arma- J
ment material was, during peace, concentra
ted In a lew places. The btipplles of voitures
de transport were collected In Vernon and
. .-Chataauroux. The magazines for comx* r?jnul- I
sites were for the most part in Paris and Ver?
sailles. A speedy distribution from these de?
pots to the single corps was in this way
rendered extraordinarily difficult on a
general mobilization." Having thus criti?
cised the administration jf the army, we are
next presented with
A CRITICISM OF THE ARMY ITSELF.
''The Internal condition ol the army," we
are told, "was suffering from many grave de?
fects. Even in tbe judgment of his own coun?
trymen, tba French soldier was not at tire
outbreak of Ibo war what he had been In the
Crimean war and In Italy. The law wit h re?
gard to reserves and bounty bad worked dls
advantageonsly upon bim. It permitted sub?
stitution to an excessive degree. For exam?
ple, In a contingent of 76,000 men ot the year
1869 alone there were 4.2.000substitutes, whose
quality Is known by experience to deteriorate
wltb Increased length ol eervlce. And also
extended furloughs tor a longer pei i od, which
were unknown at an earlier time, were de?
scribed by French authorities as prejudicial to
military discipline. lu addition, ibe corps of
non-commissioned officers no longer stood at
Ita early excellence. There were In many re?
giments sergeants who bad discharged their
duties for eleven years and upwards without a
prospect of promotion or of the alleviation of
un existence that bad been sacrificed to the
country almost lu uninterrupted conflict?.
Many good elements of the corps a>
condlogly sought in civil employment a
more remunerative occupation. The corps of
officers in like manner was Just as little com?
posed of homogeneous elements. Almost one
third of them bad risen lrom the non-com?
missioned officers. As the young officers did
not devote their whole streegtb to the service,
the older subaltern officers Blood In sharp
contrast to them. They formed, on the aver?
age, the best element of the army. Bich ex?
periences and valuable qualities, ripened lu
the different campaigns of the Empire, were
represented among them. But the prevalent
favoritism often ol deeply compromised per?
sons, juetly Irritated them and opened up to
them but Blight prospects for the future.
Nevertheless an Increased mental activity had
displayed Itself in this class since the year
1860, and lt was these very officers who most
sought on the battle fields ol France to wash
out with their blood faults for which they
were not responsible. The same system ol
favoritism had brought to high places many
elements which were not equal to the tasks
Imposed upon them, and exercised, as every?
where else where it has force, Its unhealthy
Influence. In addition, the political position
of parties come Into consideration. By the
constant change of the lorm of government
that fidelity and adherence to a hereditary
bouse of rulers In the army as well as In the
nation generally, which lu other countries pre?
vents destructive revolutions of public af?
fairs, were lost.* The French officer, and even
tbe private soldier, serves his country, and
serves lt with devotion and self-sacrifice,
but he does not hold on to the channing
form of the head of the State with
that constant sense of duty which sacrifices
all its strength in unconditional recognition
of authority. The French officer, as well as
the entire nation, ls animated with a high,
and In many respects justifiable, self-con
Bclousness, but also with a depreciation of
others His whole education Is calculated to
Inspire him with the conviction that France
st?nde before all other countries. If the pupil
of St. Cyr passes through the golden hal?s ol
Versailles he sees scarcely anything but battle
pictures, and in all the French are victors. In
long rows the heroes stand who have borne
the oriflamme, the lilies, the eagle or the tri?
color, but always the bauner of France, into
the chief cities of almost every country.
Thus the French history ot war is a history of
unbroken triumph, an epic, In which deteals
are to be explained merely by subsidiary cir?
cumstances, and as ll they were unimportant,
or by treason. To Beek the truth is not worth
the trouble; to express it would be unpatriotic.
No wonder, then, lt the young officer trou?
bles himself little about other countries
about their language, Institutions 2nd circum?
stances. The foreigner speaks bis language
to bim; he comes to bim in order to learn and
Imitate. In France people had scarcely au
idea of the transformation which two cam?
paigns bad effected In the feelings of the Ger?
man race; ol their no longer conquerable
leellng ol solidarity, and they were com?
pletely surprised to find an opponent equal to
them."
THE NAVY OF PRANCE.
The volume next deals with the navy of
France; but, as Its observations on this point
contain nothing new or very interesting, I
snail go on to the passage in which
I THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
supposed to have been formed by Napoleon
III ls discussed. Judging by pamphlets pub
llshed under the auspices of the Emperor, 1
concluded that the superiority ot the Gem
forces lo the loree? of France was by no me
unknown to the French military anthorit
thfly, In fact, had concluded that their tro
should be set down at 300.000 men, and
troops oi Germany at 550,000 men. "Bi
says the volume, "the Emperor hoped
only to paralyze thia numerical superlorilj
almost double his numbers, but even to tru
form this stale of things to lils own lav
The condition of accomplishing this was t
he should succeed In crossing the Rhino i
awares in its course upwards, and thus se
rate Southern and Northern Germany fr
one another. Isolated Prussia was c
ciliated to have forces to the number
550,000 combatants, and, as a result of a (j
victory, the adhesion of Austria and It
was expected. In accordance with bis pli
which the Emperor communicated in Paris
Marshals McMahon and Lenee uf alone, I
first concentration of the army with 100,1
men should take place around Melz. with 1(
000 men at Strasbourg and with 50,000 m
more in the camp at Chalons. It was ttl
intended to draw the army of Metz nearer
to Strasbourg and to cross the Rhine at h
natl with a strength of 250,000 men. After t
South Germau Stales bad thus been compel?
into neutrality, the Prussian army was lo
sought out and conquered. Durlug these c
erations the task was assigned to the reser
corp?, directed lrom Chalons on Melz, to cc
er the back of the army and to watch I
northeast boundary. At the same time it w
expecied that the appearance of the fleet
the Baltic Sea would retain a portion oft
hostile forces to guard the coaats. The pli
thu? detailed was based on the certainly co
rect idea that the superiority ol the ?nen
could ouly be counterbalanced by rapidity
movement, but illusory as to the relations
South and North Germany, just as the for
and numbers of the Prussian forces were u
d errate tl. This last fact was I he more Biri
log as lt should be known that. Prussia hi
already, in the campaign ot 186G, broug
about three hundred and il fly thousand mt
into the field, and that its Btrengl
had since received a not inconBiderub
increase. Besides, it was not thc
known how little the French army !
Its then condition was fitted tor a rapid opei
lng of the campaign and the rapid carrying c
ot operations." The volume then goes on l
point out that lt was the defective arrangi
ments ot the railways-defective I mean In
military point of view-the concentration 1
provisions, materiel, ??c., and the length 1
time necessary tor making the indlspeusab
distribuions, which principally prevented th
rapid mobilization of the French forces. '.
points out another cause also. "The exper
enees," it eays, uof the last war In Italy ha
by no means proved ihut French troops i
large masses could do much lu the way c
marching. At least people in Prussia conl
well remember that the army of the Empero:
which then numbered oats one hundre
thousand men, had, atter the victory of Mi
genta to the day of Solferino, marched on a
average ot but one mlle a day. French dlpk
macy might have been able to prevent th
out break ol the war till they were ready l
strike the blow, but lt declared war belore th
government was In a position to give Immedl
ate effect to ibis declaration, and lt thus har.
pened afterwards that Hie forces of Franct
bet?re they were fully collected and ready fb
offensive operations, were attacked by th
German armies on their own ground." Th
preliminaries of the struggles being thu
given, the volume next describes the event
which transpired
BETWEEN THE DECLARATION OF WAR AND TH1
FIRST 3CENES
of the campaign. No Btory can be more pill
lui than that told in these pages ol the volume
How rapidity was the very first necessity o
success, and yet everytblug went on witt
tearful slowleas; bow now this division ant
now that was found defective; how the Em
peror, coming to Metz, found disorgunlzatloc
and unpreparedness everywhere; how thc
plan of invading Germany wavered and wai
persisted la and .then wavered again; bow,
While toe movements 01 toe t reuen troop:
were well known to the Germans those of the
German troops were scarcely thought of until
they came down like an avalanche-all these
things are told with graphic and forcible sim?
plicity. But the story ls already well known,
and the present volume ls more valuable foi
Its general observations than for its history ol
particular movements, with which we ar?
all more or less acquainted. I shall, there?
fore, now pass to the next chapter ot the
work-a chapter of deep Interest. It le
headed,
"THE GERMAN ARMIES-THEIR PLAN OF OPERA?
TIONS
and their march forward up to the 31st ol
July." The first pages of this chapter give In
detail an account 01 the German forces. The
field army amounted to 462,300 men; the re?
serve to 297,600 men. But we now come lo
the most interesting part of the book-the
part In which Von M ol ike details the plan he
had matured of dealing wjih the French army
a long time before the war broke out. "It
forms one of the duties ot the chief of staff,"
we are told, "In times of peace lo work out,
in (he most detailed manner, the grouping
and the transport of bodies of troops for ali
probable warlike eventualities, and to hold
sketches for Ibis purpose ready by am iel pa?
llon. When an army begins Us march for?
ward all kinds of political and geographical
considerations have to DM taken into account
as well as military considerations. Delects in
the original concentration of the army can
scarcely be repaired la the whole course ol a
campaign. All these arrangements, however,
eau be considered long beforehand, and the
readiness for war of (he troops and the organ?
ization of the transport service beiDg presup
{osed, they must lead to the Intended result,
l ls otherwise wiih strategy-with the em?
ployment In war of Ihe nieaus already pre?
pared. Here our will ls met by the Independent
will ol our opponent, 'inls can certainly be re?
strained if one has prepared for and resolved
upon the Initiative at the proper moment, and
lt can only be proven by a battle. The mate?
rial and moral consequences of every great
battle are now so wide Epreadlng thal an en?
tirely di fi?rent situai lon, and, as a result, a
new basis for new operations may be created
by lt. No plan of operations can go beyond
the first rencontre with the enemy's chief
force with any certainty. Noone but a civilian
believes that be can perceive in the course of a
campaign the carrylug through of a plan that
bas been definitely fixed before hand In every
particular, and that has been stuck lo
even to Ibe end. The commander-in-chief
will of course always keep his great objects
belore bis eyes, undisturbed by the vicissi?
tudes of events; but the paths by which he
hopes to attain them can never be designated
with safety long beforehand." Detailed propo?
sals lor ibe collection of all the German forces
in case of a war against France, and lor the ar?
rangement and division of ihe single armies,
SB tue basis of ali further operations, we find
laid down In a memoir of Ibe Prussian cnlel ol
staff, which dates lrom the winter of 186S-*G9.
The first object of operations is laid down to
be "io find the principal army of the enemy,
and to attack it when found." In this simple
plan the difficulty IB pointed out wbich arises
from the management ot the "very large bo?
dies" required for such a purpose, and ns a
leading idea. Even lrom the first movements
the effort may be recognized lo cut off Ihe
powerful army of the enemy In a northerly di?
rection from*Us communication with Paris.
The above-mentioned memoirs of General
von Moltke then estimates the proportionate
STRENGTH OF THE FIRST ARMIES OF THE TWO
SIDES'.
"Setting ont with the supposition (bat, In con?
sequence of Its transport and other relations,
Noith Germany would dlspoH? of only ten
corps-i hese are Bet. down at 330,000 meu-to
which France could at the first moment oppose
but 250,000 men. and after ihe enrolment of
Us reserves 313,000 men, this proportion ol the
forces tn lite beginning must actio a consider?
able extent, in our favor, lr. which was not
then quite certain. Hie South German Slates at
the same time took part in the war, or if only
the three disposable reservo corps and some
of the Landwehr divisions in course of forma?
tion could be drawn from North Germuny at
? the proper lime. It Is clear how Important ll
is that we should utilize the superiority which
we have at the very beginning, even with Hie
North German forces alone. These will be still
further Increased at ihe decisive point, Il the
French embark on expeditious against Hie
North Sea coast or against Ncnh Germany.
To defend us against the first, sufficient, means
remain In the country. In reference to the lut?
ter operation, conversations had already taken
place at Berlin with the representatives of the
South German contingents. The conviction
bad been formed that North Germany was not
In a condition to give at the first moment.,
even from a distance, an effective, im mediate
help in Ihe direct delence of the Upper Rhine
and the Black Forest; tbatas?ll greater se?
curity ol the German South would arise from
a union of all the lorees on the Middle Rhine,
which lrom lhere could attack offensively,
either on the right or ihe lea bank, ihe flank
of the hostile invasion, and should thus soon
compel this to stand still or return. This tact,
especially, deserves to be brought out, that
the somh German Princes, agreeing with
these views, In devotion to the common
cause and confiding in the chief commander
of the array, did not besitalo to deprive their
own territories of their force3 In order to Join
immediately lo the Norlh German array. The
task which the North undertook became thus
the more difficult.
THE NEUTRALITY OF BELGIUM, HOLLAND AND
SWITZERLAND.
The Memoire then goes on to show that the
neutrality of Belgium, Holland and Switzer?
land may be regarded as certain; therefore
the theatre of war ls limited to the space be?
tween Luxemburg and Bale. "We may," the
Memoire continues, "therefore, assume with
probability that the French will make their
first concentration ou the line of Metz-9tras
bourg, in order that, avoiding our stronger
Rhine front, Ihey may push on to the Main,
separate Norlh and South Germany, come lo
an agreement with the latter, and, with this
as a basis, advance on to the Ethe.
HOW TO MK ET THE EMERGENCY.
"The best way ol parrying Buch an attack
would be lo assemble all our disposable forces
south of the Moselle, and more especially In
the Bavarian Palatinate. By thus stationing
ourselves In the left flank of the enemy we
shall always be able to force him to stay his
progress In an eastern direction; and If ibe
Baden-Wurtembttrg corps joins our left wing
we may be in a position lo bring on a decis?
ion not very far lrom Rastatt. In which
case defeat must result In the destruction
of the enemy. Should u mere nid Into
the country adjoining the Black Forest be
undertaken by a portion of ihe hostile
troops lhere will be nothing io prevent our
detaching a corps or U'o io Intercept ihe
Invading army. Our main force will thereby
be no more weakened than the enemy weak?
ens himself by employing a portion ol' lils
strength on a task ot secondary importance
If the French fully uvall themselves of the ad?
vantages offered by ihelr railway system,
they will have lo send their troops to iwo
polda, strasbourg and Metz. Supposing Hie
troop J concentrated at Strasbourg are not dis?
patched to the Black Forest, they will proba?
bly Join the army of the Moselle, performing
ihe distance chiefly on foot. The Palatinate,
therefore, affords us a position between ihe
two-wings of the enemy. From thence we
mav turn against his right or his lett, or
against both should we oe strong enough.
The assumpllou ot the offensive from so favor?
able a position, If resolved upon in lime, will
probably prevent the enemy from setting loot
on German coll.
MOBILIZATION OF THE GERMAN ARMY.
"But it may be questioned whether lt would
be safe to effect the thvt concentration of our
troops in the Palatinate-that ls, In ihe imme?
diate vicinity of the enemy. In my opinion
there will be no danger in such a step, ii being
not at all likely that lh<* first arrivals will be
attacked by superior numbers while yet too
weak to offer adequate resistance. We are
prepared lor mobilization at a moment's no?
tice. With six railways at our disposal to
transport the troops to Hie country between
ihe Rhine and the Moselle we canrot easily oe
taken by surprise, and, to make sure that
everything shall be in order when the moment
arrives, we have drawn up a Hst, showing Hie
tram by which every battalion la ts be con?
veyed, with the lime ol' starting and arrival
accurately fixed. On the tenth day after the
order of mobilization ibe first detachment will
arrive lu the neighborhood of the French fron?
tier. By the thirteenth day they will have
been increased to iwo corps d'arm?e. On the
eighteenth day they will number 300,000 men,
and ou Ihe twentieth I hey will be provided
wlih nearly all Ihe baggagn and ammunition 1
iralua and ih? i?Amiwu?iuiittt service. Thora lu. |
no reason to suppose that the calling
in of the French reserves and the jno- l
blliztllon ol thu filled up cadres can
be more rapidly effected than that nf
our own. Since Napoleon I, the French
army bas never been moblllzea as a whole,
and the partial mobilizations which have re?
peatedly occurred eau b- hardly regarded as
on a par In point of magnitude wlih the much
more comprehensive measure that would have
to be adopted on the eve of a German cam?
paign, lt ls true, If ihe French determine to
lake the field without reserves, a much shorter
period would suffice io assemble one hundred
and filly thousand men In their northeastern
provinces. Those provinces have, plenty ot
garrisons, camps and railways, and the daring
nature ot the enterprise would suit the na?
tional character, and bas, Indeed, been dis?
cussed In military circles. Supposing such an
army, amply provided with cavalry and artil?
lery, to be stationed at Metz on the filth day
after receiving orders to march, it might cross
the frontier ai Saarlouls on the eighth day. In
Buch cave we need not send our troops across
the Rhine. We might slop our military irulns
on the right bunk of the river, which could
not be reached by the Invadng army belore
ihe fourteenth day, when we should be
Btronger than the enemy. With the bridges
In our hands we should a few days later as?
sume Hie offensive with twice the number of
the French. The disadvantages of a hasty in?
vasion are, therefore, BO evident that I do not
think ll will be ventured upon."
READY TO COMMENCE WHEN THE WORD WAS
GIVEN.
It will thus be seen lhat Germany entered
Imo war with her plans thoroughly matured.
When King William received the declaration
of war all he hud lo do was to express ap?
proval of Count Moltke'a plans, and at once
Conni Moltke proceeded to put his plan into
execution. Those who watched the war wlih
attent?on, will see how closely Moltke, lu 1870,
followed ihe scheme he had drawn up nearly
two years before.
THE WEIGHT OF COTTON II ALUS.
How lt Affects Comparisons ol the Last
and Previous Crops.
[From the Kew York Bulletin.]
The officiai statement from carefully kept
records ot ihe cotton movement puts the crop
of 1871-'72 at a trifle below 3.000,000 ba'es, or
about 1,376,000 bales leas than lor the year
ending August 31, 1871. This latter amount
has been generally accepted as the actual de?
ficit In the crop, but inquiries among those
wbo have handled the cotion lead us lo be?
lieve that while lhere is a material tailing off
in the number of bules, the actual deficit in
pounds will be considerably lighter. Hereto?
fore the average weight of a bale has been
from 460 lo 490 pounds. In 1870-71 t he aver?
age weight per bale was 464 pounds. This
would make the crop of 4.352,317 bales yield
2,019,428.666 pounds. The same average
would give 1,380,098,965 pounds as Ihe crop of
1871-'72; a loss o? 639,329.723 pounds. Weigh
masters and others who have handled a large
proportion of ihe crop slate, however, that
the bales dining ihe past year have been unu?
sually heavy.
The average weight of former years has
been exceptionally light, and, indeed, five
hundred pounds have not been considered
heavy. Texas bales have, as ihe rule, ruu ibe
heaviest, many of Hiern "weighing out" over
six hundred pounds, and few bales going be?
low live, hundred und lllty pouuds. From
other Slates the bales seem to have ranged
from lour hundred and flity to five hundred
and fifty pounds, and lt. would certainly not
be exiruvugaut, from these facts, to figure
upon five hundred and twenly-tlve pounds ns
as average weight for our last crop. This
brings Hie yield up to 1,561,534 275 pounds,
which will probably be found to be below ihe
actual yield of the crop. Whether this heavy
baling hus been carried on for the purpose of
influencing prices does not appear, but the
facts clearly show how unsafe it may be to
base crop estimates and prices upon the num?
ber of bales unless some standard of weight
be established by the trade.
These facts give weight to Hie suggestion
that a convention ol' representatives lrom the
various cotton exchanges of the United Slates
be called, and that a standard of weights be
established, together with, what 1B vastly
more Important, a siandard of classlflcaiion
which shall do away with some of the prac?
tices now carried on here and In other citleB,
and enable the buyer of a certain grade of cot?
ton to have at least a general idea of what
quality of the staple he Is likely to receive in
return for his money, without personally ex?
amining each bale of his purchase.
THE ODD FELLOWS' COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL
GRAND LODGE.
The Action Taken upon Important
Amendment) to the Constitution.
BALTIMORE, Septemher 18.
Ia the Grand Lodge of the Odd Fellows the
proposed amendments to the constitution
were taken up. The amendment reducing
the grand representative tax from seventy
five to fifty dollars, after considerable discus?
sion, was lost by a vote of elghly-two to thirty
seven. The amendment that dues from sub?
ordinate lodges and encampments under the
Immediate Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge be
twenty per cent, per capita per anuum, in?
stead of ten per cent, on their receipts, was
also lost. The amendment lengthening the
official terms of the representatives from two
to four years was indefinitely postponed. The
amendment changing the title of the Grand
Lodge to "The Grand Lodge of America of the
Independent Order ol Cjd Fellows" waa lost
ihlr'.y-elght yeas, eighty-six nays. The amend?
ment providing that "a member of the Order
suspended or expelled from a lodge or encamp?
ment in any Jurisdiction or sovereignty shall
not be admitted to membership in a lodge or
encampment in a Jurisdiction or soverlgnty,
without the previously obtained consent of
the lodge or encampment from which be is
suspended or expelled; provided, however,
that the member suspended or dropped for
non-payment of dues may be admitted lor
membership In another Jurisdiction or sover?
eignty upon such conditions and under such
rules and regulations as this Grand Lodge may
have prescribed, or may at any time adopt,"
was unanimous^ adopted. OLher amend-1
menls were laid on the table for future action.
Several resolutions relating to the trial of
members in subordinate ana grand lodges;
also, to ceremonies and rituals, and relative
to the trust, lund and boldlog meetings on the
Christian Sabbath, were submitted and re?
ferred._ j
THE SAGE ON TUE STUMP.
A Short and Sensible Speech-Progress
or tl>e Canvass Throughout thc Union.
TRENTON, N. J., September 18.
Horace Greeley, accompanied by Gov. Ran?
dolph, arrived here to-day in a special train.
A number of citizens were In walting, and
cheers were given for Greeley and Randolph.
Greeley thanked the people for this d?mon?
stration; whether personal to himself or In
favor ol the great Liberal movement through?
out the country. In the latter respect lt was
exceedingly gratifying, as showing the desire
of the peopl . for a pure and simple govern?
ment, where the rights of all are respected
and public Interest protected.
For What It ls Worth.
PITTSBCRG, June 18.
The resolutions adopted by the Soldiers1
Convetton endone Grant,-Wilson and Hart-j
raulr. The convention adjourned sine die.
The Working Men Organizing.
NEW YORK, September 18.
The representatives of the United Work
men's Political Association held a meeting
last evening and took measures for extending
the organization throughout the city. It was
announced that the object ol the association ls
to secure. IriPuuB ut ..?,,-r/oiaiiJgu?en ioi ?ocui
and Slate offices.
A Mayor's Nest.
NEW YORK, September 18.
The Municipal Reiorm Association, at a
meeting lust evening, decided to confer with
i he other Reform organizations before making
a nominal lon tor mayor. '1 hu Reformers will
probably nominale next week.
THE SAVAGES ON THE WAR-PATH.
DENVER, COL., September 18.
On Saturday last, about I on y Sioux and
Cheyennes attacked a ranche, wventy miles
northeast ot Trinidad, Colorado, ami murder?
ed Ihe family ol mo proprietor, who escaped
to Fort Lyon. Troops were started immediate?
ly In pm suit ol' th? savages. On the same
day, another large band attacked ihe Block
ranche ol Jones Brothers, and, at last ac?
counts, had surrounded Hie party io charge of
the herds. The latter were fighting as best
they could. Troops have gone to their relief.
Fine Words Which Save no Scalps.
WASHINGTON, September 18.
The general character of the Indian speeches
In answer to the usual baby talk of the officials
ls as follows: "The Indians complained of un?
fair treatment in the past, and asked Tor hor?
ses, min?, ammunition, Ac. They wanted ihe
whiles to keep on the eastern side of th* Mis?
souri. There ls plenty of land for all, but the
while man must uoi encroach on the Indlau
hunting grounds. They complained, of the
railroaus at some lenirth for running through
their country and frightening away the game,
and said ihe treaty of 1868 promised them
seven thousand dollars each, which they never
received. The secretary said they had but
a faint Idea of the numbers and power of the
whites. They would be taken to a great camp
where there are over eight hundred ihoupand
white men, meaning New York. The IodianB
again shook hands and left seemingly well
pleased with their Interview. The Indians
wore all their best toggery-paint, eagle
feathers, belts, bear's claws, pIpeB, shells and
beads, and presented a very picturesque ap?
pearance."
THE NATHAN MURDER.
NEW YORK, September 17.
At the examination th? ca'e of ForreBter,
tha alleged murderer of Natbao, to-day, Mrs.
Ann Keenan, a music teacher, testified that
about eight o'clock on the night of the mur?
der, she saw a man. whom she identified as
the prisoner, prowling about Mr. Nathan's
premises. He had something concealed up
the Pleeve of his coat. She Baw him go into
the basement ol'ihe bouse, and he seemed ex?
cited.
STEPHENS'S PLEA FOR TnE KU-KLUX \
NEW YORK, September 19.
A Washington special says mat Attorney
General Williams has made a reply to Alexan?
der H. Stephens's petition for the pardon ot
all Hie Ku Klux confined In Albany peniten?
tiary. The attorney-general denies tbe alle?
gations of Mr. Stephens, that the conviction
of the Ku-KInx was Illegal, and that their
pardon would be an act of Justice and of
friendliness towards thu South, and says the
pardon of all cf them would have no more
political s'gnlticance than the pardon of ihose
convicted ol the violation of other statutes.
LOSl ON THE 3ASKS.
BOSTON, September 18.
The fishing schooner White Eagle, of
Gloucester, ls given up SB lost on Ihe Grand
Banks, with the entire crew, consisting of
Nelson Goodwin, the master, who leaves a
w.ifrt and seven children; Warren and James
N. G lodwlo, brothers of the master; Samuel
Goodwin and Asa Goodwin, brothers; Jere?
miah Good Vin, Simeon Goodwin, David Hines,
James D. Burnham and Joseph Bowden.
Thomas Parson leaves a widow and child, and
Leander Mushing, who leaves a widow and
three children.
THE INTERNATIONALIST PRO?
GRAMME.
LONDON, Septemher 18.
The meeting of Internationalists here adopt?
ed a platform in favor or universal suffrage,
by ballot, for legislative and magistrate
officers; compulsory and gratuitous common
school education; the disbandment of standing
armies; ibe abolition ot indirect laxes and the
substitution therefor of a progressive Income
tax, and the suppression of usury. J
A FIJI EXECUTION.
Blundering with <ih? Noose-A Revolt?
ing Spectacle.
The first attempt made la Fiji to carry a
capital sentence into effect brought about one
of (he most remarkable Incidents to be found
in the annals of public executions. The Fiji
Times, ol June I, fur 3 ls hes the following ac?
count:
A horrible and brutalizing scene was wit?
nessed last Tuesday m orning by a number of
persons who went to nee the execution of the
man Franks for ihe murder of Thomas Muir
on boara the Marion Bennie He had been
sentenced to suffer the extreme penalty of
the law, and WHS to have been hange.1 ou
Monday, the 27th ultimo, but a gross miscar?
riage ol Justice was allowed to occur. The
lime appointed came and went, btu the exe?
cution did not take place, for the simple
reason that lt did not suit the private con?
venience of the sheriff. The poor
wretch, who had by anticipation suffered tiie
horrors of death, was then left lu ail tho har?
rowing and unimaginable anxiety and uncer?
tainty as to his fate from hour to hour until
late io the evening, when he was informed
that he must be hanged in the morning at six
o'clock. Every preparation was made the
previous night, the rope fixed, and the noose
adjusted. Rain tell, however, and wetted
the rope, which was 11 very thick one, and in
the morning lt had to be dried before a tire.
The time came, the rope, was again fixed, tbe
culprit and the hangman were on the scaffold,
and before slipping the DOOBe over the
wretched man's head the hangman had lo sit
down und place one of bis feet In and pull
with all his might to make the koot run; then
alter placing it over Franks's bead he had the
utmost difficulty In making lt fit anything
like tight, but not nearly so tight as lt should
have been. Then the drep fell, and when
the rope lightened with a low dull thud,
Franks was apparently dead for about
three minutes, when 'ils limbs began to move
and he gave several groans, and then spoke.
He prayed ot those s round him to put him
out of nls agony, to "let him meet his Maker
In peace." Then, through being Improperly
pinioned, be raised one arm and got bold of
the rope, and so parity relieved himself irom
the learful strain upon his neck. He still
continued to beg to te put out of his misery,
telling them he forgave them for the "black
job" they had made ot it. But the frigbifnl
scene was not yet over. One of the offi?
cials, (the deputy wits not to be found.) 00
the impulse of the moment, ran and cut the
man down, when he-Till heavily to' the ground,
there not being any attempt to catch him in
bis fall. FranKs wai then removed lo tbe
prison. Thus ended ibis "black Job," which
tor horror ls almost unparalleled. Its effect
upon the spectators was such that one strong
man actually tainted away. Thus the
majesty or the law at FIJI has been as?
serted. Its most horrible sentence-death
has been attempted to be Inflicted and signally
Called. The wretched man, after the terrible
ordeal through which be passed, bas been re?
prieved. Had another attempt been made to
bang him, so strong was the feeling ol Indig?
nation on the bauch, we fully believe there
would have been a riot. The question arises)
aa lo what must be done with the man. He
has to all latents and purposes suffered Hie
penalty of the law. Twice he has expe?
rienced horrors, the like ot which no man can
Imagine, and alter being hanged and cut down
by the officials surely his punishment has
ceased. The sentence was that he was to be
hanged until "d?#ad," but the officers of the
law cut bim down belore death. The man
should be free, for lt must be clear that
the law canoot punish him twice for the
same offence. The best way to do now
would bo to pay his passage out of
the country, and be rid of such a lellow Irom
among us. Franks s tates when the bolt was
drawn and he lell, h J thought he felt some?
thing break at the back of his neck, and he
if aa nrjivinu iuid Lld iklnur nffirul and. heflVfln.
Then tn? memory ol a wreck From which ne
was rescued passed before his mind. He Baw
himself cling to the chains lill washed away,
then seizing a rope i.ttached to a floating spar,
and clinging to lt until washed back again on
the deck by a heavy sea. All the dei alis of the
wreck passed through his mind, and then
came the thought, "Why do I not die ?" And
finding he could breathe he suspected foul
play and an Intention lo torture bimby pro?
longing his sufferings. Then he spoke and
clutched the rope, willing and wishing io die,
but not a prolonged death.
LETTERS FR JU LIVINGSTONE.
BOMBAY, September 17-4.30 P. M., I
(VIA LONOON.) J
Letters from Dr. Livingstone, dat-d July 3,
1872, have been received at Z inzibar. Llv
Ingsione was still at Unyanyembe. He was
well, and was awaiti ug the arrival of Stanley's
second expedition.
ABOUT ABOUT.
PARIS, September 18.
M. Remusat, the minister of iorlegn affairs,
assures the irlends of M. About that he has
strong hopes that t ie energetic Intervention
of ihe government will result in his release.
It is reported thal. Edmund About ls lo be
I ried by a Orman court-martial at Strasbourg
on Ihe 25lh Instant.
GOVERNMENT BOND BUTING.
NEW YORK, September 18.
There were seventeen offers ol'bonds to-day
amounting to $4,753,850 at from 110 87 to
112.75. The amount, advertised for purchase
was 1.000.000. and If taken, will go at from
110.9U to 111.33.
CHILI! T PLOTTING.
MADRID, September 18.
The Impnrclal newspaper says thal Generals
Gaihellneuu and Tindal will soou meet nt
Bayonne, France, lo perfect arrangements for
afresh Curllst rising lu Spaiu. Don Roman
Cabrera refuses to participate in lt. Tindal
served under Maxi ninian In Mexico.
CORNERED!
NEW YORK, September 18.
In Wall street tba PUS pension of Fordham,
Gilbert & Co. ls announced. The Erie and
gold corners continued to-day, but with di?
minished security.
TUE CHOLERA. IN PERSIA.
LONDON, September 18.
A dispatch from Teheran reports that ihe
cholera ls ragintr v/iih great violence in Boo
ham. It ls estima.ed that a thousand persons
are dying dally.
THE CONVICTED COMMUNISTS.
PARIS, September 18.
Seven of the ten Communists convicted of
murdering the hostages have had their sen?
tence commuted lo imprisonment. The re?
maining three, I alive, Descbamps and Den
vllle, were shot today at Satory.
BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS.
NEW YORK, September 18.
Just before the burning 01 the Westchester
Cathwllc Proiectory, the children of that insti?
tution sent to the Pope a gill of five hundred
and lourteen francs for the Holy Fulher's per?
sonal benefit, together with a letter Irom the
president of the Institution. The Pope replied
In his own handwriting, and, after hearing of
the destruction ot the Protectory, sent six ar?
ticles to be raffled for ihe benefit of Hie Insti?
tut loo.
THE CREEK REBELLION.
ST. Louis, September 17.
A late Fort Saith, Arkansas paper learns
from a gentleman Just Irom Creek Nation lhat
the troubles lhere are coming to a head.
Chlet Chleste, wlih men favorable to law and
order, are In amis and are sustained by the
United States troops Bent from Fort Gibson.
The entire party numbers eight hundred men.
The Sands party is also in arms, with nearly
the same strength, and a collision 1B regarded
as almost Inevitable. Ills stated that if tbe
t?ands's party at empts further resistance to
the law, no quarter will be given.
JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE.
-Governor Scott baa appointed John :
Mannus a trial Justice for York County, i
Miles M. Johnston removed.
-Young Thomas Gilchrist, who was BO t
peraiely wounded in a recent shooting sen
In North Carolina, in which he killed his
tagonlst, formerly resided at Bennettsville
this State, but removed wi i h his father to Bc
roo County, North Carolina, some ti
since.
-The Colombia Union prints the follow
as the "Regnl?r" Republican county tlc
for Chester County : Representatives, J(
Lilly, Charles Sims and Prince Toting. Sh
Iff. B. G. Tocum; de -vi court. C. C. McC
Judge of probate. Joh _ Jlckey ; school comn
?loner, D. I. Walker; coroner; Julius Stephi
son; county commissioners, James Reed, 6
rell Hempbllland Matilaon Pendigrass.
SPARKS FROH THE WIRES.
-Jefferson Davis ls lo Baltimore.
-In the United States treasury Ibere ?
five and a half millions In currency, and sev<
ly-flve and a half millions In coln.
-Nine hundred and fifty persons were BU
mooed for the new trial of Laura Pair for k
ing Crittenden, and a jury was at last i
tained.
-The San Francisco board of supervise
have rejected the proposition to submit to t
people resolutions subscribing large sums
Pacific railroads.
-The Jury of Inquest held over (be bod
of Ornell and Seymour, who died In Wards
land Lunatic Asylum, found that Seym o
died of injuries inflicted by Farrell, one ot t
keepers, and that Ornell died of disease aggi
vated by Farrel's ill-ireatment.
THE WEATHER THIS DAT.
WASHINGTON, September 18.
For the Southern States, east of the Missl
Blppl, generally clear weather, except prob
bly over the South Atlantic Slates.
-Lady Burdett Coutts is said to have a
income of one mllllondollars per annum. Tl
London correspondent of the Cincinnati Cor
merdai relate- that, recently, a bishop, wu
whom the lady had been acquainted for mat
years, applied to her for money to help i
build a cbnrcb. She bad BO much confident
In the bishop that she signed a blank chet
and gave it to bim. She had no doubt tb
ho would fill lt up with as much perhaps i
fifteen thousand dollars. The bishop filled
up with one hundred and fifty thousand do
lars, and that was the last rooney or the la
word he ever got from Lady Burdett Cou it
Martie*.
BOURKE-JEANNERET!.-On Tuesday tvet
lng, September nth, M2, at the residence of tit
bride's mother, by the Rev. Alexander W. Mai
snail, D. D., W. O. BOUREB, of Georgetown, 8. 0
to IDA C., eldest daughter of the late John (
Jeanneret', of Charleston, s. 0.
S9"Qeorgetown Tlrues will please copy. *
?bUnarn.
ALEXANDER!-Died, on 14th Instant, at hi
plantation in Jefferson County, Florida, in th
forty-orin. year or his age, JOHN JAMBS ALEXAM
DBE. a native of thia city, bnt for tue past twee?
years a resident of Florida. * 1
Special Notais.
^B^CA\?TJ6& THE NOMINATING.
CONTENTION OF THE UNION REPBBL10AJ
PARTY OF CHARLESTON COUNTY.
ROOMS or THE COUNTS- cn AIRMAN, \
CHARLESTON, S. C., 14th September, 1872. J
Having been daly elected by the late State cot
ventlon of the Union Republican Party, in accord
ance with the rules and custom of the part}
Chairman of the County of Charleston, by vir tn
or-tne authority vesvecr in me i nerto/noiirrIS
I Union Republicans of Chariest n County to met
lu meir oovoroi Wards and Parishes, at tbe time
and places hereinafter designated, for the pnrpoe
of electing Delegates to the County Nominal In
Convention, to be beld at the Military li ll, In tb
City or Charleston, on TUESDAY AFTERNOON, th
lat of October, 1872, at 5 o'clock P. M.
The Convention ?111 nominate candidates foi
the Union Republican Party for the foilowlni
offices, to be elected by the people, at the Genera
Election, on the 16th ol October, 1872, viz:
1. A Sheriff of the County.
2. A Clerk of Court.
3. A Jal?e of Probate.
4. A School commissioner.
6. A Coroner.
e. Three County Commissioners.
7. A h tate Senator.
8. Eighteen Members of the House of Repre
sentallves.
The Convention will be composed of nlnety-s?
(90) Delegates, to be (?elected as follows :
CITT CF CHARLESTON.
For ty eight (48j Delegates; six for each ward, tc
be elected by the Union Republican voters of thi
bt veral wards, at : heir usual places of meeting on
Friday evening, the 27th of September.
ST. ANDREWS PARISH.
Six Delegates, te be elected on Friday, 27tt
September, as loiiows :
Three by the votera of James Island, at tbi
Or ss-Rnads.
Three by the voters or St. Andrew's,on the Mato
at "Club House Church."
ST. JAMES SANTER,
Three Delegates, to ba elected by the voters o
the Pariah, on Saturday, 2Sth September, at th<
Thirty-two Mile House.
CHRISTCHURCH.
Four De eg a te s, to be elected on Saturday, 28 tl
September, as follows :
Two by the voters of the upper portion of th?
Patlsh, at the Wappetaw church.
Two by the voters of the lower portion of UH
Parish, at the Four-Mile Church.
ST. STEPHEN'S.
Three Delegate?, to ba elected by the voters ol
the parish on Wednesday, the 25th september, al
the Muster House.
ST. THOMAS AND ST. DENNIS.
Three Delegates to be elected by the votera ol
the parish on Saturday, the 23th September, at
the Brick Church.
ST. JOHN'S COLLETON.
Twelve Delegates to be elected, as follows:
Three by tbe votera of Wadmalaw Island, on
Wednesday, lath September, at the usual place
of meeting.
Five by the voters of John's Island, on Thurs?
day, 19th September, at Jacob's Ground.
Four by the voters or Edlsto Island, on Friday
20th September, at the Camp Ground.
ST. JOHN'S BERKELEY.
Nine Delegates to be elected, as follows ?
Three by the voters or Strawberry, on Taesday,
24th September, at the Ferry.
Two by the voters of Calamus Pond, on Thurs?
day, 26th september.
Two by the voters er Black oak, on Friday,
27 th September.
Two by the voter J of Biggin Church, on Satur?
day, 28th September, at the Church.
ST. JAMES GOOSE CREEK.
Eight Delegates to be elected on Saturday, 28th
September, as follows:
Three by the voters of Goose Creek Bridge Pre?
cinct, St. Panl's Church.
Two by the voters of SnmmervUle, near the
Depot.
Two b_s tho voters of Hickory ; Bend and Cross
Road Precincts, at Dean swamp.
One by the voters of Wassamasaw, at tho
Chapel.
All the Meetings have been arranged with the
viewtOBtcurethe fullest attendance or Republi?
can voters, and to suit the convenience of the
people, lt ts hoped that at these meetings the
Republicans will select their very best men as
Deiega'es to the Convention, in order that we
may secure the nomination of a ticket which will
command the respe, t of all citizens and yet
secure the votes of all good Republicana
E. W. M. MACKEY, chairman
Of the Union Republican Party,
sepie-mths Of Charleston county.
CONSIGNEES PEE STE A V SHIP
M EEC EDITA , from Bo -ton, are no tined ?ha t she
will discharge Carg? THIS DAY. at Yaoderborst's
wharf. Goods uncalled for at sunset w.Dl rim?la.
on the w nar; at owners' risk. .V " ;
sepia-i JAMES ADGER A CO,., Agented
pa- CONSIGNEES PEE STEAMSHIP
JAMES ADGER, from New York, are herebyNo?
tified that she ls discharging cargo at A ti?
ger '<j som]? Wharf, AH Goods uno.lied for at
sunset will remain on wharf at owners' risk.
ceplO-1 JAMES ADOER A co., Agents.
pa* PUBLio ExmBiTiONr-i?s??
ANOE, Steamboat and ^Railroad men, dealers In
and conanmers of illuminating e lls, are* Invited
to witness the teatlrjf/ of the DOWNEB MINERAL
SPERM OIL, at the s ore of the Agents, Messrs.
DOUGLAS A MILLEE, No. 93 East Bay, from Ito
6 p. M. TO-DAY. JOHN L. EDWARDS,
BeplB-l* Agent for the Manufacturers.
. NOTICB.-ALL PEBSONS CLAIM?
ING LOTS on Sullivan's Island are requested to
seau an able bodied hand on MONDAY next, 23d
Instant, witb a shove) and provisions for ali daja,
to labor on the public road. The same can be
commoted by paying six dollars to
D. B. G?r?iiiB??r^
sepia-3 Treasurer, Broad street.
Z&rDR, TUTT'S PILLS CUEES. DTS
PEP?lA and Its associate disorders-Sids Dead -
ache. Costiveness, Piles, Liver Com rh Int, Jaun?
dice, Drops?, Bilious Fever and Skin Diseases.
seplSDAw ... .
^. HALL'S VEGET?BLE ??qi^?N
HAIR RENEWER cures gray hair by catutng'lt
to re ;urn to Ita y oatt ful color and vigor. "
sepl4-atntB3' ri*? -
BROOMS-CITY CES TH AL EXECU .
TIVE COMMITTEE, C HARLESTON, S. C., SJSP
TEMBER 17, iS72.-I'arsnant to a call of the
County Chaina an of tho 'True Republican Party"
of the County ot Charleston, and by the authority
vested In me, I tv reby call upon. the Republican
voters of the several Wards to hold primary elec?
tions In their respective Wards, on Thursday,
Sept.mberlO, to elect tlx (6) delegates to the
County Convention, to be held tn the' City of
Charleston, ou Wednesday, September 25, for the
purpose or nominating county officers.' ?J<;J
The polis win be opened at 6o'clock: Ai li, and
close at 2 o'clock P. M., when toa TOMI will be
counted Immediately and openly and; tte.molt
bc declared and published. .. . mJ , , 3?*|^i
The voting shall be by ballot, written or printed.
The following named persons, are hereby ap?
pointed inspectors of election, together with .
polling places, viz: ?<?-.?<-.
WARD No. 1. " i: . "**?..'?
Chalmers street, near s ta te-J. M. Freeman; C.
F. Burke, Lewis HM. ? '??>
WARD Na 2. . :?? . ( J
' Meeting street, opposite st. Michael's alley
H. G. Thomas, Pe-Aihe, Samuel Glover.-; ir...
WARD Na & . j.
Engl ne-Hon se, f nop action street-R. W. Turner,
A. B. Mitchell, George Grant.
WARU No. 4.. - .'. ,';<V .
No. 4 Beresford street-R. H. Willoughby) Geo.
Phillips, J. B. Flamean.
WARD NO. 6. * . w.
Elizabeth Btreet, near Ann-B. Moncreef, P. B,
Frost, A H. Jones, c "r
WARD No.6. Ht? :
Coming street, ab ?ve Do?ean-J. B. Campbell,
JLCDnnrrn w Fyftgjyjj^ y.-rr-T=
Nassau street, near Columbus-.J. J. Cmst, g.
A. Quinn, A. 0. McNeal.
WARD No. 8.
Grist Mill, st. Philip street-S. T. Spencer, R.
M. Gregorie, A le?an c.-i Ar topee,
N. B. The Convention will assemble at Hiber?
nian Ball, on WZDNBSDAY, 25th instant, at 10
O'clock A. M. B.B. A' TOONy ? ?'
sepl8 2 Chairman City Central Committee.
TEE ASUfi Y DEPARTMENT, .OF?
FICE OF COMPTROLLER OF TBE CURREIS CY,
WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER IO, 1872.-Whereas,
by satisfactory evidence presented to the under?
signed, lt bas been made to appear that the Sank
of Charleston National Banking Association^ in
the City of Charleston, in the County of Charlee
ton and State or south Carolina, lias been dory
organized nuder and according to the require?
ments of ihe Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to
provide a National currency, secured by a pledge
of united states Bonds, and to provide for the
circulation and redemption thereof,", approved
June 8,1864, and has complied wltb all the provi?
sions of said Act, required to be compiled, with
before commend:.g the business of Banking un?
der said Act.
Now, therefore, I, JOHN 8. LANG WORTHY,
Acting comptroller of tbe Currency, do nerety
ceri Hy that the Bank or Ch ar 1 ea to n National Bank?
ing Association, lu the City of 0narie*ton, In tba
Connty of Charleston and State of Sont h carolina,
ls authorized to commence the basinets ' of Bank?
ing under the Act aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, witness my hand and
Seal of office, thia loth day of september, 1872. .
J. S. LANG WORTHY,. '
Acting comptroller of Currency.
I 8KAL.'|
[No. 2044.] ? ?? ??>.:
sepia-zmoa
pa* THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO
much imposed upon by several worthless Sarsa
I par il las, mat we are glad to be able to recom?
mend a preparation tnat can be depended on aa
I containing the virtues or that Invaluable medi?
cine, and ls worthy ol the pnbllc confidence. Dr.
AYER'S SARSAPARILLA - corea when anything
can enre the diseases that require an alterative
medicine. . aepn-stuths
?-N?TIGE. - GREENVILLE AND
COLUMBIA RAlLROD COMPANY.
The State, ex Relatlone the Attorney-General
P. ale : iff, VA the Greenville and Colombia Ball
road Company, Defendant.
JAMES G. GIBBES, JAMES R. PRINGLE and
others, Plaintiffs, vs. the Greenville and Colom?
bia Railroad Company and others, Defend anta.
The undersigned naving, by order of his Honor
Samuel Vf. Melton, circuit Judge of the Firth
Circuit, dated Jone 18th, 1872, been appointed Ref?
eree on the above stated cases to ascertain and
report, among other things, the amoont of In?
debtedness of the Greenville and Columbia Rail?
road company, with authority by advertisement
to require all cr?dite ra to establish, their respec?
tive demands before bim
Notice ls hereby given to all and singular the
creditors or the said Greenville and Columbia
Railroad Company, whether holding bonds of tte
first mortgage, bonds or certificates of Indebted?
ness guaranteed by the State, bondi or certifi?
cates of indebtedness of the second mortgage,
non-mortgaged bonds or cl tuns of any otter
character, 11 present and establish their respec?
tive claims before the un de ral tn ed as Referee, at
his office in Columbia, South Carolina, on or be?
fore the 1st day of october next, at which time
bis report on snch clatms will be made up ?ad
submitted to the Court in tte said cases.
JOH v s. GREEN, Referee.
Columbia, S. C., June ?, 1872. Jun2712thll
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